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Here are your stories for Tuesday in Central Florida: a new poll shows Bush and Clinton close in Florida; police release video in connection to hit-and-run accident; the secret world of Florida lakes; Warren Sapp arrested; and more. 1. A new Quinnipiac University poll released Tuesday morning finds Republican former governor Jeb Bush and Democratic former secretary of state Hillary Clinton would be essentially tied in Florida in a hypothetical match-up of the two possible 2016 presidential challengers. 2. Ocoee Police released new traffic-camera video of the SUV driver that struck two Citrus Elementary School students and fled the scene. 3. A University of Florida graduate student...

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